Egypt and the Eastern Nile Basin Countries to meet Sunday

Joint meetings between the Ministers of Agriculture, Trade and Industry of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia will start meeting here on Sunday to discuss areas of cooperation between Egypt and the Eastern Nile Basin countries in order to reach a common vision on various economic, cultural and social areas. The meetings will follow a recent visit Egyptian Prime Minister Dr. Esam Sharaf paid recently both Khartoum and Addis Ababa.     Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Dr Hussein Al-Atfy said the continuation of meetings with our brothers in the Nile Basin countries comes in the framework of Egypt's keenness to enhance cooperation with the basin countries for the benefit of their peoples, and for agreement on joint Nile water agreements to the satisfaction of all parties.    Al- Atfy added that coordinating is currently under way with officials in these countries to reach a common vision and a compromise formula between the upstream and downstream countries, without prejudice to any country of the Nile Basin